kickers

noun

plural of kicker
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as in kicks

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Recent Examples of kickers The team has three kickers on the active roster, with Koo joining veteran Cade York and German kicker Lenny Krieg in what should be a competition that runs for most of the offseason. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kickers
  1. kicks
  2. defeatists
  3. surprises
  4. nitpickers
  5. bombshells
  6. pessimists
  7. disclosures
  8. exposures
Noun
  • Rookie kicker Trey Smack, who made 6-of-7 kicks during Friday’s Family Night, was 2-of-3 while kicking inside the Don Hutson Center Sunday.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of banging every kickoff deep to prevent returns, Butker and the Chiefs (and most teams) developed strategies to kick to both sides of the fields with regular and knuckle ball kicks.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of kicks
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  • Hegseth largely declined to provide specifics, instead denouncing critics as defeatists, questioning their patriotism and insisting the mission had broad public support.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of defeatists
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  • Our personalized one-on-one service delivers solutions, suggestions and even surprises to make every day exceptional.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The process of filming September Afternoon came with some surprises.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of surprises
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  • Alas, nitpickers can point to some moves in which Atlanta went backward.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of nitpickers
Noun
  • Below, the biggest bombshells from My Grandfather Charles Manson.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • Madix and Cohen will reunite with the season’s winners, fan-favorite couples, and the bombshells to talk about their experience in the Fiji villa.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 July 2026
Definition of bombshells
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  • Though the pessimists should be considered carefully, the latest Nobel laureates—awarded their prizes for their on work long-term growth—are optimistic.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • But pessimists worry that companies are deferring the cost of massive spending, while front-loading the benefits.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of pessimists
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  • The disclosures don’t specify what the lobbyists were advocating for or against.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The puzzle of how to marry theology and extraterrestrial life predates the current surge in UAP disclosures.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of disclosures
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  • As conversations around healthy aging increasingly shift from simply living longer to maintaining mobility, cognitive health, and quality of life, environmental exposures are becoming another part of that picture.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, research has shown that lower exposures can cause IQ loss in kids and heart attacks in adults.
    — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of exposures

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